ANIMATION PRINCIPLES

SOLID DRAWING
Clarity in Solid Drawing
Drawing is giving a performance
Solid, 3 Dimensional drawing
Line of Action
Silhouette
Twinning & Parallel
Contrapposto & Twist
Poses with basic form
Bean and Robo Bean
Depth, Weight and Balance
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Line of Action
A line of action is the imaginary line running through a character that describes the direction and motion of his body and is the
leading force of a character's action.

A strong line of action goes through the whole body, illustrates the force of the action, unifies the pose, and makes a clear
statement.
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Line of Action
What is the MAIN IDEA of the Pose?

How do I represent that idea with a LINE?

Show the main idea of the pose with 1-2 lines

It’s a base for your drawing

Harsher, Dynamic poses = Angles and straight lines

Relaxed poses = curves and soft lines

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Line of Action - DYNAMIC POSE
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Line of Action - DYNAMIC POSE
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Line of Action - PUSH THE POSES
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Line of Action - HOW FAR CAN YOU PUSH IT?
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Line of Action - ANIMATING CONTRAST
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Line of Action - ANIMATING CONTRAST
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Line of Action - ANIMATING CONTRAST
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Line of Action - DYNAMIC POSE
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Line of Action - DYNAMIC POSE
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Silhouette - Clear Silhouette
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Silhouette - Negative Space
Negative space, or the empty space around your character, is very important to your posing.

Having a variety of empty spaces between the arms and legs, as well as a nice contrast of large spaces and small spaces helps
to build a dynamic silhouette and keeps the pose visually interesting.
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Silhouette - Shape and Joint overlap
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Avoid Twinning Pose
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Twist Pose
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Contrapposto
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Contrapposto
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Contrapposto
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Contrapposto
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Poses with Form
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Poses with Form
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Poses with Form
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Poses with Form
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Poses with Bean Form

Simplify the motion of the TORSO

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Poses with Bean Form
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Poses with Robo Bean Form
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Poses with Robo Bean Form
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Poses with Perspective
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Poses with Foreshortening
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Weight and Balance
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Weight and Balance
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Aaron Blaise - Weight Tips

Tips
Anticipation
Squash and Stretch
Timing
Follow Through
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